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The U.S. Commerce Department has imposed hefty tariffs on Chinese solar panel imports, a move the Obama administration is saying comes as a response to uncompetitive Chinese export practices.

The ratio of bad debt held by Spanish banks increased in March and hit an 18-year high of 8.37 percent, or $187.5 billion, the country?s central bank announced on Friday. The number of nonperforming loans with payments that are 90 days overdue is now about 10 times larger than it was during the peak of the property boom in 1997.

Raven Symone has been in the limelight since she just three-years-old when she first appeared on The Cosby Show as little Olivia. Part of growing up in the limelight is the gossip. Right now, Raven Symone is at the center of a gossip story claiming that she will be coming out as a lesbian. Symone is reportedly dating American's Next Top Model contestant AzMarie Livingston.

A notorious drug dealer who began his life of crime in the 1980s during the crack epidemic was finally brought to justice along with dozens of other criminals in New York on Thursday. James Corley, 51, who evaded police for nearly 30 years, was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance after a 15-month investigation by the NYPD.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading on Friday are: ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Osiris Therapeutics, Morgan Stanley, Salesforce.com, Banco Santander, First Solar, JPMorgan Chase, Aruba Networks, Tata Motors and Carnival Corp.

A highly popular tranche of municipal debt issues is likely to feel the sting of a multi-notch ratings downgrade soon, a Wells Fargo credit strategist warned. The downgrade would wreak havoc on the portfolio strategy of a substantial number of investors in tax-exempt debt, and would also likely have noisy political repercussions in Puerto Rico, the municipality whose bonds are in the crosshairs.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he believed al Qaeda was behind the twin suicide car bomb blasts that killed at least 55 people in Syria last week.

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Rating agency Moody's Investors Services sent yet another shockwave down the spine of the European financial industry on Thursday afternoon, downgrading 16 Spanish banks after equity markets had closed in New York.

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A lack of new data or news saw markets run with previously established trends overnight.

Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), the No. 3 search engine, now has three new directors from Third Point Capital, the New York hedge fund that boosted its stake in the company.

Was President Barack Obama born in Kenya? Conservative Web site breitbart.com has taken a stab at relighting the debate, after it found promotional booklet produced by a literary agency in 1991 that describes Obama as born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii. However, an former employee for the agency chalked up the Kenya reference to nothing more than a mistake.

Contrary to popular belief, model Brooklyn Decker was not named after the gritty New York borough that she now calls home, but rather after a horse.

A Michigan teen found his usual Arby's roast beef sandwich a little chewier than usual, only to discover it contained an extra ingredient: an employee's finger.

Spot gold rallied more than 2.6 percent on Thursday, its largest one-day gain since late January, as technical buy signals and new signs of a sluggish U.S. economy more than offset deepening despair over the euro zone.

Marijuana is the most commonly used drug among men arrested in 10 cities in the United States, while cocaine use among arrestees is on the decline, a federal report revealed Wednesday.

The death of Mary Richardson Kennedy, an apparent suicide, is another instance to add to the timeline of the Kennedy family history, which many believe is under a curse of misfortune. Despite their political fame and fortune, the family has been ridden with tragedy for decades, causing many to believe the Kennedy family was under some sort of ominous curse, causing its members to die young from illness, assassinations and accidents, once they delved deeper into the history.

Does Tim Tebow deserve to start for the Jets after leading the Broncos to the playoffs in 2011.

OMFG! The CW announced that Season 6 of Gossip Girl will be the final season. After five successful seasons, the guilty-pleasure series will come to an end. Gossip Girl will keep her deliciously salacious secrets silent forevermore. Here are some Season 6 spoilers to help you cope with the loss of your favorite telltale.

Check out pictures of Donna Summer with Husband Bruce Sudano, as well as photos from her incredible career.